----Original Message Follows---- From: Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> To: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> CC: Dragaera List <dragaera at dragaera.info> Subject: Re: A Linguistic Note Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:01:23 -0800 I have long believed that the one phrase an American needs to learn when visiting a foreign country is, "I do not speak your language. I am Canadian." > That phrase works wonders, I have used it around the world. As I have family in Vancouver, it's not quite a lie. . . Jeff G